WEBVTT GAS STATION.>> THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE INSUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN MARKSREMOVING THIS PUD PLEASE STAND.>-- STAND.VANESSA: IN THE CROWD THISNIGHT, STRONG SUPPORT FOR COUNTYCOUNCILMAN DAVID MARKSRESOLUTION.>> THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THISGAS STATION.VANESSA: RESIDENTS PACKING THECOUNTY COUNCIL MEETING, SPEAKINGOUT AGAINST THE PROPOSEDDEVELOPMENT OF A ROYAL FARMS.THE DEVELOPERS, CAVES VALLEYPARTNERS, WANT TO PUT IT HERE,AT THE CORNER OF BOSLEY AVENEAND YORK ROAD.HAVING A GAS STATION WHERECARS ARE ENTERING AND EXITINGEVERY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES IS ONLYGOING TO MAKE THAT INTERSECTIONWORSE.>> THE PLAN THAT WAS SHOWN TO USIN MAY REFLECTS THAT THEDEVELOPER HAS NOT EVENCONSIDERED ANY OF THECOMMUNITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTPOLLUTION, TRAFFIC, CRIME.VANESS HE REPRESENTS THE AREAWITH THE GAS STATION WILL BEOPERATED.>> A LOT OF CONDITIONS REPLACEDWITH THAT IT WOULD BE INTEGRATEDINTO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.UNBEKNOWNST TO MYSELF FOR THECOMMUNITY, THE COUNTYEXECUTIVE'S OFFICE PUSH TO HAVETHOSE TREES REMOVED, WHICH WOULDELIMINATE A HURDLE FOR THEDEVELOPER IN THE FUTURE.VANESSA: THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'SCHIEF OF STAFF SAID, FIRST HEWAS FOR IT AND NOW HE IS AGAINSTIT.FLIP-FLOPPING DOES NOT SPURECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.>> THE COUNTY WANTS TO SEE MONEYFROM THE SALE OF THIS LAND.IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO MOVEAHEAD WITH THE SALE OF PROPERTYTHAT IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.OTHERWISE, THE GAS STATION WILLBE TIED UP FOR YEARS TO COME.VANESSA: A SIMPLE MAJORITY ISNEEDED TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.THAT MEANS HE NEEDS TO CONVINCEAT LEAST ONE OF THE DEMOCRATICCOLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR THISRESOLUTION.THAT VOTE IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPENON AUGUST 7.

Residents packed Baltimore County Council meeting Monday night. Many of them supported an effort to block construction of a Royal Farms gas station.

Residents raised a variety of concerns, including environmental impact, traffic, and crime. They hoped that at least three other members of County Council will support the resolution that would block construction of the gas station.

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There was strong support in the crowd for County Councilman David Marks' resolution.

"There's no support for this gas station," resident Angela Dean said.

Residents packed the county council meeting, speaking out against the proposed development of a Royal Farms.

The developers, Caves Valley Partners, want to put it at the corner of Bosley Avenue and York Road.

"Having a gas station there where cars are entering and exiting every five to 10 minutes is only going to make that intersection worse," Dean said.

"The plan that was shown to us at a community input meeting in May reflects that the developer hasn't even considered any of the community's concerns about light pollution traffic crime really just about anything," resident Thomas King said.

Marks represents the area where the gas station would be operated.

"One of the conditions we placed on that review was that the mature trees at that intersection be integrated into the development plan unbeknownst to myself or the community the county exec office pushed to have those trees removed which would eliminate a hurdle for the developer in the future," Marks said.

In a statement, the county executive's chief of staff Don Mohler said, "First he was for it. Now he's against it. Flip-flopping doesn't create jobs or spur economic development."

"If the county wants to see money from the sale of this land in my opinion it would be prudent to move ahead with the sale of property that's not controversial and there's a retail component of this that's not controversial otherwise the gas station is going to be tied up in litigation for years to come," Marks said.

A simple majority is required to pass this resolution, which means marks must convince one of his Democratic colleagues to vote yes. That vote will happen on Aug. 7.